Number Sense Blog

Mathnasium’s Chief Educational Officer Larry Martinek appreciates great teachers! Larry is a teacher himself, having taught math for almost 30 years in L.A. City schools before co-founding Mathnasium in 2002. After all those years spent in th...

Q: Where do cats go to learn about history?
A: The MEW-seum!
And where do eager young kids and kittens go to learn about math? Why right here, of course! Try to solve this purrrrr-fectly delightful Word Problem Wednesday brainteaser!
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MUSIC and MATH go together like peanut butter and jelly! In fact, Albert Einstein once said “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” To...

Money, Money! Today’s Word Problem Wednesday taps into our everyday math skills to help us to find something we want to buy, account for sales and coupons, and use those smarts to budget our money correctly to get that thing! Maggie’s going t...

Sweet and delectable or solid and savory, there’s just something wonderful about that flaky pie goodness that we can’t deny. And an added plus: you can practice nifty math skills while dishing it! Our team has done exactly that for today’s ...